1918
On 1 October 1918, one of Sweden's worst railway accidents takes place as the result of a landslide that caused the railway embankment to give way. A train is making its way from Norrköping, pulled by locomotive F 1200. As it is completely dark outside, the driver has no way of seeing that the railway embankment and track have collapsed into the Bråviken Bay. The locomotive plummets downwards and lies on its side. All but three of the carriages plunge down the embankment. 42 people are killed.
The locomotive was built in 1914, thus is considered new. An assessment is made that it can be repaired. It is salvaged and taken to SJ’s workshop in Örebro in October. By May, it leaves the workshop and is already back in service. The locomotive is preserved at the Swedish Railway Museum and is part of the new core exhibition.